{"id":213330,"date":"2026-03-31T18:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213330\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:05:06","slug":"in-ethan-bloom-catholicism-and-judaism-faiths-heal-a-teens-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213330\/","title":{"rendered":"In ‘Ethan Bloom,’ Catholicism and Judaism faiths heal a teen\u2019s grief"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a new film by a Miami-based director, Catholicism and Judaism are portrayed not as opposing forces but as complementary sources of comfort for a grieving teenager.<\/p>\n

Actor Hank Greenspan stars as the titular protagonist in the film Ethan Bloom<\/a>, written and produced by Maylen Dominguez. It’ a coming\u2011of\u2011age story about a teen navigating religious identity, first love and then grief after his mother’s death.<\/p>\n

After successful Miami-area premieres, the film opens April 3 in Palm Beach County, including Movies of Delray<\/a> and Movies of Lake Worth<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Director and producer Herschel Faber told WLRN the film offers a meaningful exploration of the Jewish and Catholic faiths for teens.<\/p>\n

“Love transcends everything, and it doesn’t matter what religion you are,” Faber said. “God loves us and is looking out for us all. And I think that’s a really powerful message in today’s society.”<\/p>\n

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Faber said he\u2019s working to secure additional screenings in other parts of Florida and beyond.<\/p>\n

Supporting cast includes actors Joshua Malina, Carlos Ponce, Rachelle Lefevre and Caroline Valencia.<\/p>\n

Dominguez, who grew up Catholic and converted to Judaism, told WLRN the film captures both “joy and sadness” as it probes heavy themes, including parental expectations.<\/p>\n

“How do we integrate these opposing things, these differences, these ups and downs that we feel, these waves of life,” Dominguez added. “And in that intersection, I think a lot of magic happens.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a new film by a Miami-based director, Catholicism and Judaism are portrayed not as opposing forces but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-213330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}